Lions pen-and-ink fashion intaglio/lithograph by Jack Coughlin

"Lions" is an exquisite example of Coughlin's penmanship and print-making. In exceptional condition, at 12" x 13" oval diameter sighted, 20.5" x 24.25" in a beautifully-laminated wood frame, triple matted with olive and white. A simple yet refined limited edition intaglio/lithograph (77/120) that will be hard to part with. An auction estimate up to $150 from Copley Fine Art Auctions (MA).

Jack Coughlin (b. 1932) is an artist of Irish-American heritage who is best known for his portraits. As a figurative artist and member of the National Academy of Design, Coughlin's work is in many prominent collections including the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the National Collection of Fine Arts (Washington D.C.), the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (VA), the Worcester Art Museum (MA), the University of Colorado, the New York Public Library, the Philadelphia Free Public Library, Staedelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort, Germany, and the New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland. His works are also held in private collections throughout the world.

Coughlin's prints were selected for Associated American Artists' 1966 "New Talent in Print-Making" Exhibition. Since that time he has been honored by one-man shows throughout the U.S. as well as in Dublin, Ireland and Florence, Italy. He frequently participates in group exhibitions including the 150th Annual Exhibition, the National Academy of Design, 1975 and in 1976 the 3rd Norwegian International Print Biennale and the 4th International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany. Coughlin has contributed original prints to several volumes of poetry, most of which have been published in Ireland.

Born in Greenwich, Connecticut Coughlin studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Students League of New York. Although Coughlin's education coincided with the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, he has always been drawn to figurative traditions in European and American art. Coughlin's portraits are regularly commissioned for the New Republic magazine.

Widely respected as a print-maker of exceptional draftsmanship, he also is known for his low relief sculptures in the lost wax-bronze casting technique.

Celebrated for his combinations of innovative and traditional techniques during the resurgence of intaglio, lithograph, and woodcut printmaking in the 1960s and 70s, Coughlin taught printmaking at University of Massachusetts - Amherst from the foundation of its art department until his retirement over 35 years later. In 2005 fashion Coughlin received the Gladys E. Cook prize at the 2005 annual exhibition at the National Academy of Design.